Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 76 82
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,062 1,809 2,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.62% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 4.06% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,432 864 1,624
10th Percentile £45,046 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £91,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,750 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,105 44,566 67,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 89.27% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 53,741 25,228 43,541
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,575 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 14 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -19 1,798 £75,000 +3.45% 1,141
UK excluding London -27 1,129 £67,500 -3.57% 510
Work from Home -20 870 £67,500 -3.57% 567
London -19 795 £85,000 +6.25% 745
North of England -38 371 £70,000 - 156
South East +29 321 £65,000 -7.14% 146
North West -49 198 £75,000 +7.14% 81
South West -25 129 £58,750 -2.08% 53
Midlands -48 107 £67,500 - 59
North East +19 96 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Yorkshire -8 77 £67,153 -4.07% 46
West Midlands -33 77 £80,000 +14.29% 39
Northern Ireland -14 66 £60,000 +33.33% 17
Wales -21 57 £68,750 +32.21% 16
East of England -29 44 £60,100 -3.84% 17
Scotland -56 36 £60,000 -23.87% 51
East Midlands -54 30 £64,000 +6.67% 20
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 39 (1.89%) Confluence
2 29 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.87%) Apache
4 16 (0.78%) CMS
5 14 (0.68%) IIS
6 13 (0.63%) Camunda
7 9 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.39%) JBoss
8 8 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.39%) WordPress
9 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.34%) nginx
9 7 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.24%) Drupal
11 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.15%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.15%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.15%) Kentico
12 3 (0.15%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.097%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.097%) Shopify
6 1 (0.048%) Eikon
6 1 (0.048%) RMDS
6 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,042 (50.53%) AWS
2 880 (42.68%) Azure
3 324 (15.71%) GCP
4 266 (12.90%) Serverless
5 249 (12.08%) GitHub
6 193 (9.36%) SaaS
7 182 (8.83%) Azure DevOps
8 145 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
9 126 (6.11%) Amazon S3
10 109 (5.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 108 (5.24%) Amazon EKS
12 104 (5.04%) GitHub Copilot
13 96 (4.66%) Azure Service Bus
14 84 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
15 70 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
16 69 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
17 63 (3.06%) Azure AKS
18 52 (2.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 52 (2.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.23%) Broadband
2 22 (1.07%) Network Security
3 14 (0.68%) DNS
3 14 (0.68%) MQTT
4 13 (0.63%) DMARC
5 9 (0.44%) HTTP
6 8 (0.39%) AMQP
6 8 (0.39%) Internet
6 8 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.39%) VPN
7 7 (0.34%) Firewall
7 7 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.29%) RFID
9 5 (0.24%) DHCP
10 4 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.15%) LTE
11 3 (0.15%) Modbus
11 3 (0.15%) NAS
11 3 (0.15%) SAN
12 2 (0.097%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 302 (14.65%) MongoDB
2 226 (10.96%) PostgreSQL
3 197 (9.55%) NoSQL
4 167 (8.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 160 (7.76%) Elasticsearch
6 125 (6.06%) SQL Server
7 115 (5.58%) MySQL
8 97 (4.70%) Relational Database
9 70 (3.39%) Redis
10 56 (2.72%) DynamoDB
11 50 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.45%) Big Data
13 18 (0.87%) RDBMS
14 16 (0.78%) Data Lake
15 15 (0.73%) BigQuery
15 15 (0.73%) Pinecone
16 12 (0.58%) Db2
16 12 (0.58%) DTS
17 10 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 270 (13.09%) Git
2 186 (9.02%) GitLab
3 164 (7.95%) Jenkins
4 65 (3.15%) JUnit
5 61 (2.96%) JIRA
6 51 (2.47%) TeamCity
7 47 (2.28%) Cucumber
8 40 (1.94%) Mockito
9 37 (1.79%) Cypress.io
10 33 (1.60%) Claude Code
11 31 (1.50%) Maven
12 25 (1.21%) Selenium
13 22 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 18 (0.87%) SonarQube
15 17 (0.82%) CircleCI
16 15 (0.73%) Postman
16 15 (0.73%) Spock
17 14 (0.68%) JMeter
17 14 (0.68%) REST Assured
18 12 (0.58%) Vite
General
1 524 (25.41%) Finance
2 408 (19.79%) Social Skills
3 209 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 183 (8.87%) Banking
5 151 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 148 (7.18%) Law
7 137 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
8 113 (5.48%) Retail
9 85 (4.12%) Legal
10 65 (3.15%) Marketing
11 62 (3.01%) Financial Institution
12 43 (2.09%) Back Office
13 36 (1.75%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.36%) Legal Technology
16 26 (1.26%) Games
17 21 (1.02%) Advertising
18 20 (0.97%) Front Office
19 16 (0.78%) Manufacturing
20 15 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 770 (37.34%) Developer
2 494 (23.96%) Senior
3 370 (17.94%) Software Engineer
4 347 (16.83%) Lead
5 294 (14.26%) Architect
6 205 (9.94%) .NET Developer
7 183 (8.87%) Senior Developer
8 168 (8.15%) Full-Stack Developer
9 157 (7.61%) Java Developer
10 125 (6.06%) Java Engineer
11 123 (5.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 121 (5.87%) Senior Software Engineer
13 104 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
14 99 (4.80%) Principal Engineer
15 86 (4.17%) Software Developer
16 77 (3.73%) Lead Software Engineer
17 72 (3.49%) Lead Developer
18 71 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
19 57 (2.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 57 (2.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 559 (27.11%) .NET
2 445 (21.58%) React
3 431 (20.90%) Node.js
4 352 (17.07%) Spring
5 319 (15.47%) Spring Boot
6 300 (14.55%) RESTful
7 286 (13.87%) REST
8 264 (12.80%) Kafka
9 248 (12.03%) ASP.NET
10 230 (11.15%) .NET Core
11 221 (10.72%) AngularJS
12 217 (10.52%) Vue
13 199 (9.65%) ASP.NET Core
14 119 (5.77%) Blazor
15 105 (5.09%) ASP.NET Web API
16 98 (4.75%) .NET Framework
17 95 (4.61%) HTML
18 92 (4.46%) CSS
19 82 (3.98%) RabbitMQ
20 79 (3.83%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 633 (30.70%) Cloud Native
2 358 (17.36%) Distributed Systems
3 142 (6.89%) Product Ownership
4 109 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
5 106 (5.14%) Enterprise Software
6 76 (3.69%) Onboarding
7 53 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
8 49 (2.38%) AI Agents
9 44 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 42 (2.04%) Virtual Team
11 36 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
12 33 (1.60%) e-Learning
13 31 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
14 27 (1.31%) Over-the-Top Content
15 26 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
16 25 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
17 24 (1.16%) Management Information System
18 23 (1.12%) Algorithms
18 23 (1.12%) Data Structures
19 20 (0.97%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.60%) Linux
2 51 (2.47%) Windows
3 22 (1.07%) CentOS
3 22 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (1.02%) Unix
5 8 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.29%) Android
7 5 (0.24%) AIX
7 5 (0.24%) Debian
7 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.097%) VMS
9 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,078 (52.28%) CI/CD
2 979 (47.48%) Agile
3 729 (35.35%) Software Engineering
4 723 (35.06%) DevOps
5 583 (28.27%) Full-Stack Development
6 502 (24.35%) Mentoring
7 445 (21.58%) Event-Driven
8 444 (21.53%) AI
9 426 (20.66%) Containerisation
10 416 (20.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 404 (19.59%) Infrastructure as Code
12 402 (19.50%) Test Automation
13 375 (18.19%) Problem-Solving
14 290 (14.06%) Technical Leadership
15 287 (13.92%) Scrum
16 280 (13.58%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 246 (11.93%) TDD
18 231 (11.20%) Architectural Patterns
19 224 (10.86%) Clean Code
19 224 (10.86%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 689 (33.41%) Java
2 582 (28.23%) C#
3 503 (24.39%) SQL
4 482 (23.38%) Python
5 464 (22.50%) JavaScript
6 384 (18.62%) TypeScript
7 104 (5.04%) Go
8 55 (2.67%) Ruby
9 45 (2.18%) C++
10 42 (2.04%) Bash
11 39 (1.89%) PHP
12 37 (1.79%) Scala
13 28 (1.36%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.26%) Bicep
15 24 (1.16%) Kotlin
16 23 (1.12%) Rust
17 20 (0.97%) C
17 20 (0.97%) PL/SQL
18 13 (0.63%) Groovy
19 12 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 294 (14.26%) Security Cleared
2 197 (9.55%) SC Cleared
3 188 (9.12%) Degree
4 85 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 84 (4.07%) DV Cleared
6 69 (3.35%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.45%) CISSP
9 29 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 17 (0.82%) CISM
12 14 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 14 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.48%) MBA
13 10 (0.48%) PhD
14 8 (0.39%) DBS Check
15 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
16 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
17 4 (0.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 214 (10.38%) QA
2 87 (4.22%) Accessibility
3 36 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (1.65%) GDPR
4 34 (1.65%) WCAG
5 18 (0.87%) NIST
6 17 (0.82%) NCSC
7 15 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 14 (0.68%) PCI DSS
9 12 (0.58%) Data Quality
10 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (0.44%) GRC
11 9 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.24%) PSD2
16 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 3 (0.15%) IFRS
17 3 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 589 (28.56%) Docker
2 36 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.24%) NDS
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.15%) KVM
7 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 618 (29.97%) Kubernetes
2 362 (17.56%) Terraform
3 111 (5.38%) Ansible
4 92 (4.46%) Grafana
5 55 (2.67%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.26%) Argo
7 25 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.92%) Puppet
9 16 (0.78%) Kibana
10 9 (0.44%) Cilium
11 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.24%) Podman
13 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
13 4 (0.19%) Packer
14 3 (0.15%) Kubeflow
15 2 (0.097%) MIIS
15 2 (0.097%) Rancher
16 1 (0.048%) Cisco CUCM
16 1 (0.048%) Istio
16 1 (0.048%) logstash
Vendors
1 330 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 96 (4.66%) Google
3 69 (3.35%) Oracle
4 40 (1.94%) OpenAI
5 38 (1.84%) Splunk
6 29 (1.41%) Dynatrace
7 27 (1.31%) Typelevel
8 23 (1.12%) AppDynamics
8 23 (1.12%) IBM
9 22 (1.07%) Databricks
9 22 (1.07%) Okta
10 21 (1.02%) ForgeRock
11 14 (0.68%) OneLogin
11 14 (0.68%) SAP
12 13 (0.63%) Adobe
12 13 (0.63%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.63%) SendGrid
13 12 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.53%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.39%) OpenText